What's a good instance to be on at the moment?
What's a good instance to be on at the moment?
I'm looking for a new instance since lemm.ee is closing by the end of the month. What's a good instance to be on these days?
I'm looking for a instance with the fewest trolls, bots, and anyone that likes to take things to the extremes.
Depends; Closest thing to lemm.ee? Maybe lemmy.zip?
Here's my own choices:
- lemmy.dbzer0.com (totally unbiased 😏)
- lemmy.zip
- quokk.au (not lemmy, piefed)
- sopuli.xyz
Dbzer0 and zip are probably the closest thing to lemm.ee in terms of defederation.
Problem isn't so much defederation policy in and of itself, as much as it is just the general level-headedness of the admins
Lemm.ee's lead admin had exactly the type of philosophy towards managing this platform that I want to see in wherever I go next.
This post alone is what convinced me to create a primary account there. It's professional, level-headed, nuanced, well spoken, and you can tell they've actually thought a lot about the big picture in an unbiased way. Not aggressive, preachy, standoffish, snarky, snobbish, and above all, not reactionary. Seeing the instance as infrastructure is what I want to see more of, but I also just want to see admins with this attitude overall.
Seeing the instance as infrastructure is what I want to see more of
Yes, exactly! A good manager to me is the one that is just focused on solving the problems that are on the way of the rest of the team.
Fingers crossed, but we also know Lemmy might not be ready for that type of philosophy. I mean I still don't know what exactly happened, but lemm.ee wasn't successful in the end. And the underlying issues are still there. So the next admin team might face the same dynamics.
Any website or service that utilizes the .zip TLD 🤮🤮
I'm sure there are great websites and services that utilize it, but I have a strong opinion that the TLD should have never been put out there for people to use. I block all .zip TLD domains with no exceptions; and so unfortunately, I cannot use lemmy.zip.
To be fair, I have no real opinions about lemm.ee. It was one of the instances that had the most users when I joined Lemmy, and as far as I'm aware it hasn't received any real negative press.
I'm more bothered about seeing or being associated with spam and/or an instance full of toxic people. I'm not a spicy person - or so I'd like to think.
I’m more bothered about seeing or being associated with spam and/or an instance full of toxic people. I’m not a spicy person - or so I’d like to think.
Zip's a very trustworthy instance, all admins know about it; so i doubt anything wrong will happen in that regard 😉
+1
I picked dbzer0 myself.
Can lemmy use a different subdomain for authentication?
Unless it does, lemmy.zip is behind cloudflare and all of the passwords are going through a different entity, whether users like it or not.
I would rather not.
You might like https://piefed.social/.
- Usual controversial instances (hexbear, grad, hilariouschaos...) are banned here,
- Posts and replies with many downvotes are collapsed by default,
- You can individually block any (whole) instance, community, users and linked domains. You can also filter the keywords,
- Any much-downvoted user will appear with red warning sign
Does piefed have an android app?
There is Interstellar, which I'm using right now.
If you ask 5 different fediverse users about their favorite instance you will get 15 different answers.
Good good. I hope that's the case. I'd prefer to see the variety of instances that people enjoy. :)
I've had a great experience here on fedia.io. It's a smaller instance, and it is running Mbin instead of Lemmy, but everything federates over so you get the same content. Might feel a bit weird switching from Lemmy, but if you feel like it I'd recommend giving it a try. :)
We're also defederated from Hexbear, lemmy.ml, and Lemmygrad if that's a factor.
I don't know much about Mbin. I'll have to look up what it's about
I enjoy it as well, I also love how reliable it is, it's been around longer than software it's currently running(Mbin). The same admin also runs infosec.exchange, a pretty well known Mastodon instance
try lemmy.dbzer0.com. (totally unbiased)
we have pirates, memes, and shitposts galore (ahoy, matey!)
.zip has the closest instance policies to .ee. A lot of .ee refugees moved there (me included). Some also moved to piefed if you're considering that.
We've opened a piefed instance too - early days yet though: piefed.zip
My recommendation would be to find a local instance - one that's closest to you - and sign up for that. I'm not in Atlanta, but I am in Georgia, so I signed up for the yall.theatl.social instance (the server is in Atlanta), and I couldn't be happier. It's a smaller instance, but I converse regularly with the admins when I have a question or a problem, and they are accessible and always open to suggestions.
I like it so much that I also use the theatl.social Mastodon instance as my main Mastodon as well. I throw them a few bucks every month to help with costs, and I'm happy to do it.
I would agree with those who say smaller instances are the way to go.
Yeah. Smaller instances for sure. I’m in Canada so I went with lemmy.ca and I’ve never had any issues and everything is just peachy 😌
looking for a instance with the fewest trolls, bots, and anyone that likes to take things to the extremes.
All the instances are good in their own way, but at least one will irritate you very much, and it’s always different. There are ways each one can make you go “why???”
There are commenters who will call one or more instances bad things. That may or may not be accurate for you.
Each large instance has one or more crazy mods, all instances mostly have decent mods. Each instance will have multiple examples about why it’s good or horrible.
This is a non-answer.
What matters most is the type of people in charge of the instance, why the decide to do certain things, and the types of decisions they're likely to make in the future.
Not all instances are the same in that regard.
It is rather both sides, isn’t it?
But, after poking around lemmy, I have decided there is value in all instances. There will be communities nestled in between the stuff I do not like. I like and dislike much on lemmy
Maybe dubvee? That's kind of the exact vibe we're fostering.
Site info: https://dubvee.org/site
I'm looking for a instance with...
- the fewest trolls (they're site-banned upon discovery)
- [the fewest] bots (see rule 2: "No fscking bots"). Some bots are allowed, but only ones that are just a human queuing up things to post on a schedule.
- and anyone that likes to take things to the extremes (See Rule 8)
Cons are that a lot of accounts are banned (rule 8) and we don't federate with some instances: .ml, grad, hexbear, lemdroid (too much spam originates there). We're kind-of the opposite of lemm.ee in a lot of ways, so it might be a bit jarring if that's where you're coming from.
Bots submitting content on behalf of people? That sounds like spam does it not?
It does, but I'm talking more about scheduled posts. Many instances require those to be tagged as bots.
I've been pretty happy with how the instance I use has been run thus far, but it is focused around furries, so it won't be something most people outside that subculture like I expect. Still, the fandom is big enough that someone in it looking for an instance might look at this thread, so I mention it anyway.
I choosed lemmy.ml cause it was first i saw with no email registration
Yeah I've been very happy here. Despite a reputation as a "tankie instance" I find that we mostly just don't put up with fascists which is sick imo.
with the LEMMY.EE coming to an end there definitely will be multiple accts to diff instances just in case one gets offed again. definitely avoid the the triad of tankie instances, plus some that pretty political views, unless your into that kind of thing.
Since you mention you have no real opinions about lemm.ee. You were just on there by chance.
I’ll propose you the style of blahaj which is to have downvotes disabled, its quite a different way to interact with lemmy, maybe a bit weird to get used to. But it feels much less hostile. And it fosters a good culture of just ignoring shitty takes and replies.
As far as “no extremes” you mentioned you prefer, blahaj blocks lemmygrad and hexbear (ultra authoritarians) and any far right instance (think hilariouschaos)
You dont need to limit yourself to just one, feel free to diversify your presence.
But for a real answer: The smaller ones; The smaller the more respecfull they feel.
Though more users does demonstrate capabilities. Not every server is fast or stable.
Discuss.online is pretty awesome. 🤓
Second this 😀
@jgrim@discuss.online has been doing an awesome job of running it, and also created Sublinks as a Lemmy alternative
the one I'm on is pretty nice
i seconed this
I've found that self-hosrinf my own instance has been a very good way of keeping the number of bits, spammers and people that like to take things to the extremes at a nice and consistent 0.
Sure, self hosting your own instance isn't for everyone but it's definitely doable and I'm satisfied with my experiences so far.
I like the idea of self hosting; I'm just concerned about being defederated by an admin/mod that's taken things the wrong way.
I'm not a spicy person, but I'm sure I've upset some people, some how. I say that, but I know I've upset at least one person online.
The person stated they do a thing, and me being curious, I asked them a question about it because I wanted to know more. They replied with a really angry message. It sounds preposterous but it really was as benign as that. I've seen the same person respond to others in the same unreasonable manner. It's this type of person that I'm concerned about.
I don't think you need to worry about that too much. It's a very uncommon character trait for constructive people. Alike people who run a successful instance. Most of them are nice. And the very few who aren't, or are very agitated/argumentative will inevitably run into issues with other people as well... So there isn't much to loose.